Local Obituary

Paint brushes and pedals … a colourful life

Richard John Horner:  11.8.1941 – 5.12.2023 Richard Horner, who died in Cambridge last month, was a widely-respected landscape artist whose work graced the walls of homes around the world. Marion Hunt, past-president and current vice-president…

Family devotion to brigade and community honoured

The late Ken Steen was one of a trio of Steen family stalwarts connected to the Cambridge Voluntary Fire Brigade for an extraordinary 127 years. First there was the Steen patriarch Tom, who served 40…

Modest man’s Le Quesnoy legacy

John Gibbons: June 26, 1927 – September 25, 2023 The passing of renown Kiwi bandsman John Gibbons, whose funeral was in Te Awamutu last weekend, holds particular poignancy for Cambridge. Among the 50 marches he…

Waipā’s Mr Polo remembered 

JACK ‘JOHN’ WATSON: 19.12.1941 – 4.1.2023   New Zealand’s polo playing community lost one of its finest sons when Cambridge-born John ‘Jack’ Watson died last month. For the past 34 years, he filled vital management roles…

Racing colossus leaves unparalled legacy

The passing of thoroughbred racing colossus Sir Patrick Hogan draws a line under the life of one of Cambridge’s most celebrated sons. The 83-year-old icon, whose successful Cambridge Stud found fame on a global scale,…

Hogan’s support continues

When Sir Patrick Hogan heard there was opposition to Cambridge Riding for the Disabled’s plans to build an arena to provide therapeutic riding under cover, he penned a letter for the local newspaper. In an…

Farewell to netball godmother

An online tribute to Diana Galletta suggested that God think twice before arming the netball legend with a whistle as she passed through the pearly gates. “Those who knew Diana will all remember her voice…

Poetry in Motion

A caller to The News rang with a poem she wanted to share. Editor Roy Pilott explained we do not run poems, but she said asked if she could read it to him… explaining it…

Tribute to the Queen

Cambridge Town Hall was a mass of colour in a stunning four-day light show honouring Queen Elizabeth at the weekend. The hall featured images from her and Prince Philip’s New Year’s Day 1954 visit to…

A man of mana and aroha 

Rev Canon Adrian Gover:  14.01.1936 – 03.07.2022 Rev Adrian Gover was last week described as a man who brought both ‘mana and aroha’ into the priesthood. Those words were expressed at Adrian’s funeral at St…

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